All public and semi-public beaches within the Town of Barnstable were sampled and analyzed for bacteria at the Barnstable County laboratory this week. All beaches passed; they meet the Massachusetts Bathing Beach Regulations, 105 CMR 445.00.
Also this past Tuesday June 6th, APCC monitored, sampled, and analyzed multiple lakes and ponds within the Town of Barnstable for Cyanobacteria. None of the samples resulted in the need for any postings/concerns regarding Cyanobacteria.
If you are interested in receiving more information about Cyanobacteria and locations monitored, you may view the CyanoMAP at https://apcc.org/our-work/science/community-science/cyanobacteria/ to see recent cyanobacteria monitoring results from APCC. If you are interested in receiving email notifications when there is a potential toxic bloom identified by APCC, you may opt-in to the APCC toxic alerts. In order to receive email notification for toxic alerts, click this link: https://apcc.org/our-work/science/community-science/cyanobacteria/cyanobacteria-alert/ This link will bring you to a webpage where you will be asked to enter your email address in order to receive toxic alerts.
